Hikaru Sato & Masashi Takeda vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Shotaro Ashino vs. Naruki Doi & Senor Saito

[5.0] "Competent but uninspiring match. Doi is working hard on this run but he was the only one putting forth a more than serviceable effort in this one. Very average given who was involved. **1/2"

[4.0] "Kuroshio elevated this one for me with his antics as the match itself was a bit messy with the format of the match."

[6.0] "My entertainment from Kuroshio's shtick ebbs and flows depending on the night and here I thought his antics were a lot of fun. The match itself was mostly whatever, but I must admit that I was highly entertained by the ending where Kuroshio acts like he got stabbed by scissors only to discover it pierced a card in his jacket pocket and then going on a roll knocking people out with said card, only to get rolled up for a loss by the end."

[5.0] "Harmless fun. AJPW Fans are still into Ikemen's shtick, so this inconsequential match was built around him (they even brought Takeda for a spot) and of course his entrance was as long as you would expect it to be. If you're cherry-picking, feel free to skip."

[3.0] "This may have the longest Kusoshio entrance of all time if that is your bag. This was frankly rubbish. There is a reason we don't get many three way tag matches in Japan and that is because they aren't very good at them. Crowd did not react at all for scissor teases from MAZADA and outside of that we got bits and pieces of good stuff from Ashino and comedy, including the finish."